Lene Cecilia Sparrok

Lene Cecilia Sparrok
Born (1997-10-06) 6 October 1997
Occupations
  • Actress
  • reindeer herder
Years active2016–present

Lene Cecilia Sparrok (born 6 October 1997) is a Norwegian Southern Sámi actress and reindeer herder. She played the main character, Elle-Marja, in the Sami 2016 film Sami Blood, for which she won a Guldbagge Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Sporrok was born on 6 October 1997 in Namsskogan Municipality, Norway. She grew up in a family connected to Southern Sámi culture and learned reindeer herding at a young age. She went to a boarding school in Hattfjelldal for a few years before moving to a school in Snåsa.

She speaks Southern Sámi, Norwegian and Swedish.